This site is a front page for research currently being conducted into the Dykes Family Tree. The tree itself is hosted with WorldConnect. 

Research into the Dykes Family Tree began with Josephine Hilary Dykes in the year 2000, with her asking preliminary questions of different family members. After her passing, research would come to a standstill until Daniel Dykes continued the research in 2003. To date, the research has been quite successful with the uncovering of previously unknown family history which also resulted in contact being made between family 'strains' who had not communicated since approximately the 1940's. 

• (05/11/03) The two birth certificates arrived today, and unfortunately the Mary Bisby certificate appears to be the wrong Mary Bisby. Fortunately, I ordered the correct certificate for Samuel Dykes. It's confirmed that is parents are Joel Dykes and Mary Campbell. It has also revealed that Joel worked at the Herculaneum Pottery factory in Liverpool as a furnace man, and this is where Samuel was born. Oddly enough, the certificate notes Samuel's birth time. All the details have been included into the entries for Samuel, Joel and Mary Campbell. 
• (16/10/03) I've ordered the two birth certificates that I mentioned in my previous update, so let's give it a few weeks. Incidentally, I've found that the Church that Samuel Dykes and Mary Bisby married at would have been Holy Trinity, in Wicker, Sheffield. Thought built in the 1800's, the Church is still standing to this day and a picture is available here. 
• (13/10/03) The recent arrival of Samuel Dykes' and Mary Bisby's marriage certificate sent me in search of both their birth certificates. While I haven't sent off for either, I did find the GRO references for both. If correct, Samuel was born in West Derby in the December Quarter of 1838 and Mary was born in the March Quarter of 1840 in Rotherham. I'll be sending off for both certificates shortly. 
• (11/10/03) Two things that I couldn't distinguish right now appear clearer. One was the location, both Samuel and Mary appear to have lived in 'Spital Lower' before their marriage, though no exact address is given. In regards to the witnesses, which I couldn't also read, I have discerned that it reads 'the mark x of Samuel Brookes' and 'the mark x of Elizabeth Brookes'; perhaps 'the mark' indicates they were both illiterate?
• (10/10/03) I've received the marriage certificate for Samuel Dykes and Mary Bisby. They were married on Feb 2, 1863 in the Parish Church in Wicker, Sheffield, York. I'm having trouble distinguishing a few of the things on the certificate though so more research is needed. The certificate does confirm Joel Dykes as Samuel's father and reveals that Mary's father was named Joseph.